What do you think was the worst abuse of King John's power? Why?​- Raising Taxes way higher than ever before- Getting Church services banned in England- Throwing people in jail for no reason- Taking crops and other goods without payment- Losing wars Vs. France twice- Other abuses of power you may know of

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I believe that king John's biggest worst abuse was when he put people in jail for no reason. I believe this because, if people get put in jail for no reason, not a lot of things in their civilization will get done. If people are in jail for no reason, then people won't be able to make money, which then means that people won't have tax money, which then means that the civilization is not getting the money that it needs for things like the army and food. So then the civilization could fall because there was not any money to keep the civilization going. I also think that this was bad because, if king John does this, then people might not take him seriously and won't give their support to him. The people could also rebell against king John for putting people in jail because he did not like somebody's hat (just an example). This is why I believe that king John's worst abuse of power was putting people in jail for no reason.

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Cheyenne W.

4/4/2017 02:37:31 pm

I agree and disagree with Myles S. I agree that it was really unfair for king john to put people in jail for no reason, and the civilization could have fallen. But I also disagree because in my opinion stealing crops was worse. At least in jail they have food. If the king took their crops then they wouldn't have any food. That's why I agree and disagree with Myles S.

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Natalie P.

4/4/2017 05:14:50 pm

I agree with Myles because when someone gets out of jail, they won't have any money or crops because they weren't working and earning it. While in jail, it can change a person. Also, people won't treat King John like a king because they have no loyalty towards him.

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Logan P

4/5/2017 02:39:58 pm

I agree with you Myles. King John's worst abuse of power was putting people in jail for no reason. Jail is for people that have committed crimes. Throwing innocent people in jail is pointless.

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Austin T.

4/8/2017 09:52:40 pm

I agree with you Myles I also think that putting citizens in jail for no reason is not good. Nobody works so no one lives

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Cheyenne W.

4/4/2017 02:35:08 pm

I believe King John's worst abuse of power was him taking crops and goods from peasants. Imagine if that peasant were you. Would you want the king to take your stuff for no cost or anything? Also, those peasants need to eat too. If the king took all their crops, there's nothing left for them. That's why I think stealing crops and goods was king John's worst abuse of power.

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Nate Sauerwein

4/9/2017 11:02:56 am

I agree, peasants need some food.Plus , they have families too.They will all die without food.

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Natalie P

4/4/2017 05:12:08 pm

I think throwing people in jail for no reason because they didn't do anything to deserve getting thrown in there. I understand if they did something bad, but throwing them in for something they didn't do. Instead of going around throwing innocent people in jail, start looking for people who actually are criminals and etc. You could be missing someone important who is doing bad things.

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Myles S.

4/6/2017 04:30:42 pm

I agree with you Natalie P. I agree with you because, King John putting people in jail for no reason was his biggest abuse of power(opinion). I agree with you because, the people did not deserve to go in jail, and being in jail can change a person like you said. This is why I agree with you Natalie P.

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Izzy S.

4/8/2017 11:13:01 am

I agree with you Natalie. Innocent people who didn't do anything wrong don't deserve to be thrown in jail.

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Riley c.

4/9/2017 05:33:20 pm

I agree with Natalie. People were thrown in for no reasons which was unfair and just an abuse of king johns power.

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Logan P

4/5/2017 02:43:18 pm

I think King John's worse abuse of power was putting innocent people in jail. Jail is for people that have committed crimes. To use it for one's political power is an abuse. He didn't care who he put in jail as long as it suited his needs.

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austin m

4/6/2017 06:01:04 am

i agree whit Logan because king john's was abusing is power because he was punting innocent people in jail.

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Austin m

4/6/2017 06:06:53 am

king john should of never want to war agents the french and hes bother should of never ran away .

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desmond h

4/6/2017 07:08:06 am

i choose raising taxes to bulid an army or pay, and build his castle bigger.

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avaf

4/6/2017 08:58:27 am

i think that king Johns power was very evil because he what to be king and he laught when someone died

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avaf

4/6/2017 09:01:56 am

and he did verysomething very bad sorry for got something

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Jordan M.

4/6/2017 09:10:15 am

I think the worst abuse of King John's power was throwing people in jail for no reason because if they escape from jail, they won't have money or crops. This is why that the worst abuse of King John's power was throwing people in jail for no reason.

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zach x

4/9/2017 10:03:00 pm

I kind of agree with Jordan because of you didn't do anything you would want to get out and if you try and get caught you could getexecuted

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desmond h

4/7/2017 07:47:14 am

i agreed to what jordan because the power of the people when they escape jail.

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Izzy S.

4/8/2017 11:10:26 am

I think banishing people from church was the biggest impact. I think this because, most people in King John's kingdom were christian and the rule was, if you didn't go to church you didn't go to heaven.

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Aidan B.

4/9/2017 11:02:00 pm

I agree with Izzy. When king John did this it caused a people to freak out because they couldn't go to church. That is why I agree with Izzy.

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Austin T.

4/8/2017 09:50:51 pm

I think that the worst abuse was raising higher taxes. If the taxes were higher, then families could not provide for their family. So they die. That means that the lords cannot get crops from the peasants and they die. This is not good. So the whole country is destroyed

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Nate Sauerwein

4/9/2017 11:00:44 am

I think the worst abuse of power was putting people in jail.They won't make money for taxes, and the government would do terrible.Also, raising taxes would just make people hate you more.It will also cause riots in society.

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Riley c.

4/9/2017 01:27:46 pm

I believe his worst of abuse of power is putting people in jail for no reason. I also believe that getting churches banned in England was bad too. First of when he puts people in jail for no reason he is losing workers like farmers and other that are needed for success of the economy. Also getting churches banned was bad because many people were Christian so it angered many people causing them to rebel.

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Jesus F

4/9/2017 05:28:10 pm

Riley, Im pretty sure that when you are in jail you cant go to church because you are in a cell also this means they are banned from the church and going to jail for no reason

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Deyanira L

4/9/2017 07:44:36 pm

I agree with Riley. I agree with her because he is losing workers so and now he won't be so successful without the resources they need.

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Jesus F

4/9/2017 05:26:08 pm

I believe that when King John lost to France twice this was bad because then he would raise taxes higher and higher to pay for the war and the lords would be mad at King John and then he wouldn't have any help.

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Regis A.

4/9/2017 07:19:31 pm

I disagree with you Jesus F. I think that the worst abuse of King John's power was him putting people in jail for no reason. If I were put in jail for no reason, I would be really angry.

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Cristian R.

4/9/2017 07:47:26 pm

I agree with you Jesus. It was bad that he raised taxes. When he was defeated no the Wars it was like all of the money was lost.

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Regis A.

4/9/2017 07:17:40 pm

In my opinion, I think that King John's worst abuse of power was putting people in jail for no reason. It is not fair to do that to someone. You must have a reason to put someone in a place that they will be spending most of their life in. It would not be fair to put someone in jail for no exact reason.

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Cristian R.

4/9/2017 07:42:41 pm

I believe that the worst thing that he did was lose to France twice. He had to keep raising taxes. This made the people not like King John. Especially when he lost the Wars it's as if all of the tax money was wasted.

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Deyanira L

4/9/2017 07:43:28 pm

I think that king john's worst abuse of power was putting people in jail. I think this because jail is for people who have committed crimes and deserve it not for the innocent. This was also bad because then he would lose a lot of trust and they may try to rebel against him and he may be putting people like farmers in jail and now that's less crops being made.

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zach x

4/9/2017 10:00:11 pm

I think it was losing wars with France because that Is the reason king john raised taxes is for those wars

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Aidan B.

4/9/2017 10:58:41 pm

I believe that banning church services was the worst thing king John did. I think this because religion was very important at the time. When king John did this many people were terrified that they were going to go to hell because they couldn't go to church. That is why I think banning church services was the worst thing king John did.

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